Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Bookish Big Shots: Actors Turned Authors

By Erin Sherry

Spring 2018 Intern

I’m always stunned when the actors who
portray my favorite characters on screen are revealed as writers. We previously
published a blog post about popular Hollywood actors
turned poets and novelists, but the list is still growing—and fast! Here are
some actors turned authors whose work I can’t wait to read.

Seeing as B. J. Novak wrote for The Office as well as acted in it (and
also lauds a degree in English Literature from Harvard), it shouldn’t come as a
surprise that his short fiction is as clever as it is chock-full of his
characteristically infectious charm. In 2013, he signed a seven-figure,
two-book deal with Alfred A. Knopf, and both titles went on to be bestsellers.

Though she’ll always be Tibby to me, Amber Tamblyn
has made a significant leap from films like The
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants to making a name for herself as a poet.
Between bylines at BUST and the New York Times, she also found time to
pen her first novel.

Chad Michael Murray, the golden-haired gent of
early 2000s’ television dramas may not be gracing tabloid covers much anymore,
but you can find his name in a bookstore.
In 2011, he wrote a graphic novel, Everlast,
and in 2017 he teamed up with crime writer (not fellow actor) Heather Graham to
produce American Drifter, reportedly
inspired by one of his dreams. Maybe Murray’s as much of a wordsmith as the
closet poet he portrayed in A Cinderella
Story!

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